DANBURY - Faculty and students from Western Connecticut State University have been working with elementary school kids on a coordinated climate change curriculum, according to a release.

The university representatives have been helping students at Shelter Rock School understand the science of weather with problem-solving exercises, group work, and research, the release said.

“This approach to learning allows students to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills while creating solutions or answering driving questions,” Shelter Rock interim principal Dawn Bartz said in a prepared statement. “The teacher collaborations at Shelter Rock are absolutely vital to pushing our school forward.”

In total since January, 65 students from a third-, a fourth- and a fifth-grade class have spent three days a week in the school’s media center learning about weather, the release said. Student projects vary from posters to weather forecasts, the release said.

The project will conclude with a presentation to parents in June, the release said.